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I first met William Turbyfill sometime last year at a Creative Colloquy gathering. A little later he invited me onto his podcast. At the time, I’d made a promise that since he’d had me on his podcast, I’d have him on 5 Question Friday.

Here’s William:

1. What is Literally Tacoma?

Literally Tacoma is a podcast put out by Creative Colloquy. Each episode is usually about 20-30 minutes long and it’s me talking to writers in the South Sound area. But I’ve also talked with Mike Fitzgerald who wouldn’t describe himself as a writer per se, but is a local business owner and trivia master (and a podcast host in his own right.) I spoke with Seong Shin who is also not a writer but started a story telling movement called WILLO which may be the greatest idea I have ever heard. So we have a bent towards the written word but we just like celebrating all sorts of Creatives.

How different writers are from one another. There’s an image that some people have in their heads (and I was one of them) that writers are older professorial types but all the people I’ve sat down with and had the pleasure talking to are vastly different from one another, other than being humans who can spell.

3. Who is your dream guest for Literally Tacoma?

Oh I don’t know. Stephen King? I’ve enjoyed all the guests but my favorite part of interviews are when someone tells me something that I have no knowledge of and I get to learn something.

4. What’s the most misunderstood things about podcasts?

Well, the thing that I most misunderstood about podcasts before I started was that they don’t have to sound perfect. Early on I was so worried about there not being any dead air or ‘ums and ahs’ that I was distracted from having a genuine conversation. Now I know that part of having a natural sounding conversation is having a natural conversation.

5. What’s next for Literally Tacoma?

Hopefully more of the same, only better. I suppose there’s a chance we could run out of writers to talk with, but every last Monday of the month as more and more new authors show up to Creative Colloquy’s open mic at BSharp in Opera Alley, I think we have plenty of time.

You can find Literally Tacoma at http://creativecolloquy.libsyn.com/

I’d like to thank William for taking the time to participate in 5 Question Friday. William and I enjoyed working together so much that we’ve started a podcast of our own called Unchecked Digression. The first episode is available now with new ones to follow. If you enjoy this site, you’ll enjoy Unchecked Digression.